Computer-implemented method for ensuring the privacy of a user, computer program product, device

US8825358B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACCENTURE GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED · IE

Inventors

• Jörg Schäfer · Frechen, DE
• David Toma · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 6, 2010
• Grant date: Sep 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08G1/20
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present description refers in particular to a computer-implemented method, a computer program product and a device for ensuring the privacy of a user and the utility of data communicated by a device, such as a vehicle telematics device, to a server, the method comprising: moving the device during a time period; receiving data at the device during the time period; processing, by the device, the received data; summarizing, by the device, the processed data in a matrix, wherein the rows and columns of the matrix define circumstances of movement of the device, wherein the matrix includes a plurality matrix-entries, and wherein each matrix-entry includes a distance covered by the device during the time period under a pair of said predefined circumstances of movement; and transmitting the summarized data from the device to the server.